While Orion Marine Group
What analysts say:
- Buy, sell, or hold?: Analysts think investors should stand pat on Orion Marine Group with six of nine analysts rating it hold. Analysts don't like Orion Marine Group as much as competitor Sterling Construction Company overall. Three out of six analysts rate Sterling Construction Company a buy compared to two of nine for Orion Marine Group. That rating hasn't budged in three months as analysts have remained unchanged in their opinion of the stock.
- Revenue Forecasts: On average, analysts predict $72.3 million in revenue this quarter. That would represent a decline of 17% from the year-ago quarter.
- Wall Street Earnings Expectations: The average analyst estimate is $0.0 per share. Estimates range from a loss of $0.05 to a profit of $0.03.
What our community says:
CAPS All Stars are solidly backing the stock, with 96% assigning it an "outperform" rating. The community at large agrees with the All Stars, with 92.5% granting it a rating of "outperform." Fools are gung-ho about Orion Marine Group, though the message boards have been quiet lately with only 28 posts in the past 30 days. Orion Marine Group has a bullish CAPS rating of five out of five stars that is about on par with the Fool community assessment.
Management:
Orion Marine Group's income has fallen year over year by an average of 12.5%. Revenue has now gone up for three straight quarters. The company's gross margin shrank by 7.5 percentage points in the last quarter. Revenue rose 4.6% while cost of sales rose 14.5% to $68.6 million from a year earlier.
Quarter | Q1 | Q4 | Q3 | Q2 |
Gross Margin | 13.2% | 12.9% | 18.4% | 22.5% |
Operating Margin | 3.2% | 5.2% | 11.5% | 12.6% |
Net Margin | 1.9% | 3.3% | 7.1% | 8.0% |
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